Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009) - Page 133

TheDon · 21-07-2009, 19:17

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Originally Posted by gadge

No dont need sky player vms vod is far more superior.

We need the content that's available on it though.

locutus1974 · 21-07-2009, 19:54

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Originally Posted by gadge

No dont need sky player vms vod is far more superior.

I think the slaps a bit much especially to a first time post.

I agree vm's vod is far superior and I use it most weekends during the day (not just to catch up on things)
If you look at what i said it was meant to be sarcastic (as if sky would give virgin acces to the only good content it has on demand)
But as TheDon says we could do with the content. Surley more vod content is better and I for one would happily watch a full series of Stargate atlantis or 24 on vod rather than splash out on the dvds ( as i enjoy them but not enough to shell out the Â£30+ for the box set)
Anyway each to their own i suppose.

musicbravo · 21-07-2009, 20:06

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happily watch a full series of Stargate atlantis or 24 on vod rather than splash out on the dvds

Get v+ box then and record the full series direct from sky1

locutus1974 · 21-07-2009, 20:14

God what is this have a dig at the newbie?
I am planning to upgrade all at once (new tv and v+ box) when the contract with vm runs out you never know i might be able to get another good deal with them( i did last year)

gadge · 21-07-2009, 20:43

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Originally Posted by locutus1974

I think the slaps a bit much especially to a first time post.

I agree vm's vod is far superior and I use it most weekends during the day (not just to catch up on things)
If you look at what i said it was meant to be sarcastic (as if sky would give virgin acces to the only good content it has on demand)
But as TheDon says we could do with the content. Surley more vod content is better and I for one would happily watch a full series of Stargate atlantis or 24 on vod rather than splash out on the dvds ( as i enjoy them but not enough to shell out the Â£30+ for the box set)
Anyway each to their own i suppose.

The slaps been in my sig for months.

Nothing towards you fella.

musicbravo · 21-07-2009, 20:47

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Originally Posted by locutus1974

God what is this have a dig at the newbie?
I am planning to upgrade all at once (new tv and v+ box) when the contract with vm runs out you never know i might be able to get another good deal with them( i did last year)

Sorry

didn't mean it to come across that way.

locutus1974 · 21-07-2009, 21:14

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Originally Posted by gadge

The slaps been in my sig for months.

Nothing towards you fella.

sorry been one of those days where i seem to have caught the flak from everyone

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Originally Posted by musicbravo

Sorry

didn't mean it to come across that way.

apologie accepted. see post above. think i'm being oversensitve.

Andrewcrawford23 · 21-07-2009, 21:14

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Originally Posted by devilincarnate

You can still see the same as 118 all you need to do is enter the channel number when you have not got the mini guide up . After reading your post i thought that i would check as i have got a v+ box and also a v box so before my previous posts i should have checked both the boxes

im aware but it prventing me seeign them all i can tell if tehre hd channels also i was looking at them in the engineer menu on samsung 2110, but ic an view them on teh v+ hwne i posted i was jsut giving the ifnormaiton i had form teh engineer menu (viewing with epg was tried when it rebooted)

Media Boy UK · 21-07-2009, 21:26

An Virgin Media viewer pm me tonight has they noticed on the Geo TV's website that they are or will be in discussion with Virgin Media regarding their channels.

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Q. IS GEO AVAILABLE ON CABLE IN UK?
A: We are currently available on SKY Digital...we are aware that many of our audiences are on NTL and Telewest, but recently during our start of discussions we were informed by NTL that currently they do not have the capacity to launch a new channel on their platform. We are expecting to start our negotiations once again in 2009. Write to us on geouk@geo.tv so that we have maximum feedback from you to support our discussions with NTL/Telewest (Send us your name, address and other contact details).

http://www.geo.tv/geopages/faqs.htm

Wikipedia says Geo TV is own by ''Independent Media Corporation''

If Virgin do sign an deal them we may get:

GEO UK
AAG
GEO News

TheDon · 21-07-2009, 22:04

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Originally Posted by musicbravo

Get v+ box then and record the full series direct from sky1

I think the toner in your keyboard in runing out.

musicbravo · 21-07-2009, 22:16

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Originally Posted by TheDon

I think the toner in your keyboard in runing out.

Cheers, yet again Cable forum has helped me solve a problem. Keyboard toner all replaced now and look at the results. Colour

TheDon · 21-07-2009, 22:38

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Originally Posted by musicbravo

Cheers, yet again Cable forum has helped me solve a problem. Keyboard toner all replaced now and look at the results. Colour

Dammit I want a colour keyboard, I'm stuck with this black and white one

Media Boy UK · 22-07-2009, 10:34

Tests appear for FX HD in Ex-CW areas.

VMTest1 - not broadcasting
VMTest2 - National Geographic HD
VMTest3 - FX HD
VMTest4 - MTVNHD
VMTest5 - not broadcasting
VMTest6 - not broadcasting

BBCHD = 17.6Mbps bitrate, 1920x1080i, 2.0/5.1 448kbps AC3 Audio.
National Geographic HD = 15.0Mbps bitrate, 1920x1080i, 5.1 384kbps AC3 audio. Probably 2.0 for some documentaries. Screenshot - http://i32.tinypic.com/2vrvqs1.png
MTVHD = 15.0Mbps bitrate, 1920x1080i, 2.0 384kbps AC3 Audio, possibly 5.1 for some music video/concerts. Screenshot - http://i26.tinypic.com/28sqbdy.png[/]
FX HD = 15.0Mbps bitrate, 1920x1080i, 2.0 384kbps AC3 audio, possibly 5.1 for some shows. Screenshot: http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/4448/fxhd.png

devilincarnate · 22-07-2009, 11:56

July 22, 2009
Live football in HD on Virgin Media
Tucked away towards the end of Danielle Nagler's latest blog post is the news that the BBC's weekend coverage of Championship* football next season will be broadcast in HD, starting August 8th. Hurrah! Now can we please have ITV HD before the Champions League and FA Cup kick off?

Hey have just seen this on the vmhd.blogspot and also have read the bbc hd blog of which it does state that football will be broadcast in hd .
http://vmhd.blogspot.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcintern...den_on_hd.html

this the link for the championship page where it shows which game they will be showing there are not many but at least they will be shown in hd

http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/TVGamesDetail/

Media Boy UK · 22-07-2009, 13:48

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Originally Posted by devilincarnate

July 22, 2009
Live football in HD on Virgin Media
Tucked away towards the end of Danielle Nagler's latest blog post is the news that the BBC's weekend coverage of Championship* football next season will be broadcast in HD, starting August 8th. Hurrah! Now can we please have ITV HD before the Champions League and FA Cup kick off?

Hey have just seen this on the vmhd.blogspot and also have read the bbc hd blog of which it does state that football will be broadcast in hd .
http://vmhd.blogspot.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcintern...den_on_hd.html

this the link for the championship page where it shows which game they will be showing there are not many but at least they will be shown in hd

http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/TVGamesDetail/

The BBC has the rights to show TEN Championship games, with some of the old 'Coca-Cola' Cup games per season.

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Setanta Sports UK fall out: Arsenal TV look set to be axe by Arsenal.

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Canis Media has been appointed to sell the Setanta Sports-owned EPG slots on the BSkyB platform

The channel positions up for sale, include:

Setanta News;
Setanta Golf;
Racing UK - maybe moving channel numbers on Sky;
Racing World;
Arsenal;
Celtic;
Rangers.

The rest are currently unallocated EPG slots. The channel numbers are: 418, 429, 430,431,432,433, 435, 436, 437 and 438.

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/b...003789.article